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Interplanetary2

• 2000. A dust cloud of Ganymede maintained by hypervelocity impacts of interplanetary micrometeoroids, Planet. (kent.ac.uk)
• This estimate comes from data from spacecraft that have measured the amounts of dust in the inner solar system and also from micrometeorites and interplanetary dust collected on Earth's surface. (astronomy.com)

Interstellar6

• The depletion is most likely due to dust condensation in, for example, cold molecular clouds and various circumstellar and interstellar environments. (archives-ouvertes.fr)
• Indian scientists have created a computer model of cosmic dust particles that can imitate the unique way interstellar comet 2I/Borisov scatters light. (crackittoday.com)
• She explains how this dust forms in the death throes of massive stars, how it grows in interstellar space and how it's then, in turn, destroyed again by the death of stars. (thecosmicsavannah.com)
• The dark patched are huge clouds of interstellar dust. (thecosmicsavannah.com)
• We're talking about the dust out in space, around stars, interstellar media, and how it forms and how we go, sort of. (thecosmicsavannah.com)
• Because of deflection by interstellar magnetic fields, cosmic rays produced within the Milky Way arrive at Earth from random directions. (bvsalud.org)

Radiation4

• The lunar surface has been bombarded for 4 billion years by micrometeoroids and cosmic radiation, creating a layer of fine dust having a potentially reactive particle surface. (cdc.gov)
• No stranger to investigating perplexing cosmic questions, Mather shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics with George Smoot for measuring the electromagnetic radiation produced by the Big Bang. (nih.gov)
• The longer the wavelength the older the light, and unlike visible starlight, infrared radiation can permeate clouds of dust and gas. (nih.gov)
• Naturally occurring sources of radiation are cosmic radiation from space or radioactive materials in soil or building materials. (cdc.gov)

Grains5

• We aim at identifying the most dominant dust species or types, including silicate and iron oxide grains present in the ISM, using recent observations of dust depletion of galaxies at various evolutionary stages. (archives-ouvertes.fr)
• Metallic iron (likely in the form of inclusions in silicate grains) and iron oxides are important components of the mass composition of carbon-free dust. (archives-ouvertes.fr)
• A small pile of dust grains older than the Sun brings new evidence about the rate at which stars are born in the Milky Way. (eos.org)
• Omima also spoke to us how her research into the "stickiness" and "chance of destruction" of dust grains can have an impact on simulations of star formation, and therefore our understanding of how galaxies evolve. (thecosmicsavannah.com)
• Grains of cosmic dust streaked through night skies in early May. (astronet.ru)

Micrometeorites1

• The cosmic dust collection contains samples of at least three classes of material that may present some hazard to extended spacecraft operations in near-Earth orbit: (1) micrometeorites/cosmic dust, (2) aluminum oxide spheres, and (3) alloy spherules and fragments. (nasa.gov)

Particles7

• By studying the way light scatters off these cosmic particles, they can better understand how comets behave. (crackittoday.com)
• It revealed the presence of a large number of porous cosmic dust particles. (crackittoday.com)
• Cosmic dust particles are tiny solid particles that exist in outer space. (crackittoday.com)
• Impact of cosmic dust particles onto Galileo/Ulysses Al side walls was simulated by tiring Fe particles. (kent.ac.uk)
• This would result in serious overestimates or flux of particles intersecting the dust instrument at velocities or 20-50 km s(-1). (kent.ac.uk)
• Caselli described dark clouds in which the temperature is so low (6 K) that molecules freeze out onto dust particles and form thick icy mantles, which are composed primarily of water, carbon monoxide, and other molecules and represent the precursors of planets. (nih.gov)
• To investigate the impact of surface reactivity (SR) on the toxicity of particles, and in particular, lunar dust (LD), we ground 2 Apollo-14 LD samples to increase their SR and compare their toxicity with those of unground LD, TiO2 and quartz. (cdc.gov)

Astronomers3

• Astronomers have for decades wondered how dust was made in our early universe. (caltech.edu)
• Astronomers Find a Cosmic Cannon Astronomers have spotted super-hot blobs of plasma blasting into space like cannonballs near a dying red giant star, some 1,200 light years away. (voanews.com)
• Studying this redshifted energy allows astronomers to peer though curtains of cosmic debris to see the light emitted from primordial stars that formed just 100 to 250 million years after the Big Bang, a time known as the cosmic dawn. (nih.gov)

Rays2

• The origin of high-energy cosmic rays, atomic nuclei that continuously impact Earth's atmosphere, is unknown. (bvsalud.org)
• However, cosmic rays interact with matter near their sources and during propagation, which produces high-energy neutrinos. (bvsalud.org)

Solar System3

• We think the dust in our solar system (often called "cosmic dust") originates largely from collisions between asteroidal bodies in addition to active comets as they spew material during their passages through the inner solar system. (astronomy.com)
• Did you know that our Solar System was born from a cloud of cosmic dust? (mcnallyrobinson.com)
• The greatest probability for life in our solar system, Blumberg says, is on Mars, Europa (a moon of Jupiter), and Titan (a moon of Saturn), as well as in 'cosmic dust,' which can also be found all over Earth. (nih.gov)

Galaxy5

• We use the observed elemental abundances in dust of several metals (O, S, Si, Mg, and Fe) in different environments, considering systems with different metallicities and dust content, namely damped Lyman-α absorbers (DLAs) towards quasars and the Galaxy. (archives-ouvertes.fr)
• In general, there seems to be little evolution of the dust composition (not considering carbonaceous dust) from low-metallicity systems to the Galaxy. (archives-ouvertes.fr)
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• If you want to update the desktop wallpaper Red Cosmic Dust Galaxy, return to the collection - there are still many real pearls in it! (wallpapers.homes)
• But Omima explained really well why dust is important in galaxy evolution, which, you know, once she said that I immediately became interested because we all know that's kind of my field of interest. (thecosmicsavannah.com)

NASA3

• The discovery of up to 230,000 Earths worth of dust around SN 1987A is the best evidence yet that these monstrous blasts are indeed mighty dust makers,' said Eli Dwek, a co-author at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (caltech.edu)
• A program to collect extraterrestrial dust samples from the stratosphere using impactors mounted on NASA U-2 and WB-57F aircraft is discussed. (nasa.gov)
• Experiments to investigate the effect of impacts on side-walls of dust detectors Such as (he present NASA/FSA Galileo/Ulysses instrument are reported. (kent.ac.uk)

Cloud5

• Our Herschel discovery of dust in SN 1987A can make a significant understanding in the dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud,' said Mikako Matsuura of University College London, England, the lead author of the Science paper. (caltech.edu)
• In addition to the puzzle of how dust is made in the early universe, these results give us new clues to mysteries about how the Large Magellanic Cloud and even our own Milky Way became so dusty. (caltech.edu)
• A cloud of dust traces the innermost planet's orbital path. (eos.org)
• New analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images suggests that Fomalhaut b, once believed to be an extrasolar planet, is, in fact, a cloud of dust that likely formed from the collision of enormous asteroids. (eos.org)
• Now simulations suggest that a sticky dust cloud may shield signals. (eos.org)

Particle1

• Toxicity of mineral dusts and a proposed mechanism for the pathogenesis of particle-induced lung diseases. (cdc.gov)

Clouds of dust2

• Careful calculations revealed that the glow was coming from enormous clouds of dust -- consisting of 10,000 times more material than previous estimates. (caltech.edu)
• I mean, I know that within galaxies, there are stars there is huge clouds of gas, this huge clouds of dust. (thecosmicsavannah.com)

Amounts of dust1

• Back then, sun-like stars had not been around long enough to produce the enormous amounts of dust observed in distant, early galaxies. (caltech.edu)

Explains1

• This mechanism explains why one dust (e.g., quartz or nanoparticle s) is more toxic than another (e.g., micrometer-sized TiO2), why dust-induced lesions progress with time, and why lung cancer occurs in rats but not in mice and hamsters exposed to the same duration and concentration of dust. (cdc.gov)

Search1

• The search for organic matter in space has uncovered such things as amino acids in meteorites and organic molecules floating freely in space dust. (nih.gov)

Earth's2

• Scientists estimate that roughly 100 metric tons of this cosmic dust enters Earth's atmosphere every single day. (astronomy.com)
• So cosmic dust adds about 40,000 metric tons per year to Earth's mass. (astronomy.com)

Degrees1

• The dust is minus 429 to minus 416 degrees Fahrenheit (about minus 256 to minus 249 Celsius) -- colder than Pluto, which is about minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 240 degrees Celsius). (caltech.edu)

Asteroids1

• The dust from collisions between asteroids and comets and also left over from the formation of the planets is occasionally visible as a triangle-shaped patch called the zodiacal light (on the right of this image). (astronomy.com)

Hydrogen1

• Cosmic dust is made of various elements, such as carbon, oxygen, iron and other atoms heavier than hydrogen and helium. (caltech.edu)

Mars3

• Manchester scientists have created a new material, dubbed 'StarCrete' which is made from extra-terrestrial dust, potato starch, and a pinch of salt and could be used to build homes on Mars? (unexplained-mysteries.com)
• In an article published in the journal Open Engineering , the research team demonstrated that ordinary potato starch can act as a binder when mixed with simulated Mars dust to produce a concrete-like material. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
• Serendipitous observations by the Juno spacecraft while it was en route to Jupiter suggest a Martian source for the dust, but how the dust escapes Mars or its moons remains unknown. (eos.org)

Galaxies1

• Once in space, the Webb telescope's 18-segmented gold mirror will unfold to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and will help the telescope peer inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming today. (nih.gov)

Carbon1

• HN - 2009 MH - Anthracosis UI - D055008 MN - C8.381.483.581.62 MN - C8.381.520.702.62 MS - A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. (nih.gov)

Enormous1

• This enormous quantity suggests that exploding stars, called supernovae, are the answer to the long-standing puzzle of what supplied our early universe with dust. (caltech.edu)

Space3

• PASADENA, CALIF. -- New observations from the infrared Herschel Space Observatory reveal that an exploding star expelled the equivalent of between 160,000 and 230,000 Earth masses of fresh dust. (caltech.edu)
• The Earth on which we stand is made almost entirely of material created inside a star,' explained the principal investigator of the survey project, Margaret Meixner of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 'Now we have a direct measurement of how supernovae enrich space with the elements that condense into the dust that is needed for stars, planets and life. (caltech.edu)
• For example, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which detects shorter infrared wavelengths than Herschel, found 10,000 Earth-masses worth of fresh dust around the supernova remnant called Cassiopea A. Hershel can see even colder material, and thus the coldest reservoirs of dust. (caltech.edu)

Metals1

• And the metals in that area will form the dust or the more violent form of creation, which is like the supernova explosions. (thecosmicsavannah.com)

Found1

• Cesium is a naturally-occurring element found in rocks, soil, and dust at low concentrations. (cdc.gov)

Content2

• We derive a possible dust composition by computationally finding the statistically expected elemental abundances in dust assuming a set of key dust species with the iron content as a free parameter. (archives-ouvertes.fr)
• The oxidative content per BALF cell was also directly proportional to both the dose and cytotoxicity of the dusts. (cdc.gov)

Earth2

• How much dust falls on Earth each year? (astronomy.com)
• He is the author of Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth , Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis , and Science Comics: Volcanoes with First Second. (mcnallyrobinson.com)

Impact1

• 2003, Impact-generated dust clouds surrounding the Galilean moons. (kent.ac.uk)

Important1

• They had amazing attitudes and helped me to be more knowledgeable about ducts, how it can affect my everyday living, how dust can build up and how important It is to have em cleaned. (angi.com)

Light2

• Herschel's eye for longer-wavelength infrared light has given us new tools for addressing a profound cosmic mystery. (caltech.edu)
• Light energy from early cosmic events that is just reaching us now has been stretched out to the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum in a phenomenon known as cosmological redshift. (nih.gov)

Made2

• Starcrete made from moon dust was even stronger at over 91 MPa. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
• Made with narrowband filters, this cosmic snapshot covers a field of view about the size of the full Moon within the boundaries of the constellation Cygnus. (astronet.ru)

Massive1

• I feel like I'm witnessing an ethereal pattern of universal and cosmic intelligence, massive and encompassing yet interwoven with the delicate precision of a weaver's needle. (belindadavidson.com)

Time1

• So I had a really great time talking with Omima here in Western Australia, about dust and, it's something that I've never really learned much about. (thecosmicsavannah.com)

Iron1

• The latter make up a significant mass fraction ( 1/4 in some cases) of the oxygen-bearing dust and there are good reasons to believe that metallic iron constitutes a similar mass fraction of dust. (archives-ouvertes.fr)

Stars1

• Stars like our sun churn out flecks of dust as they age, spawning new generations of stars and their orbiting planets. (caltech.edu)

Heat1

• Herschel detects the longest infrared wavelengths, which means it can see very cold objects that emit very little heat, such as dust. (caltech.edu)

Center1

• A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. (astronet.ru)

Study1

• Carbonaceous dust is not considered in the present study. (archives-ouvertes.fr)

Fact1

• The new Herschel observations are the best evidence yet that supernovae are, in fact, the dust-making machines of the early cosmos. (caltech.edu)

View1

• You know, we can see the dust clouds blocking our view of the centre of the Milky Way. (thecosmicsavannah.com)

Life1

• Cosmic Dust is a clothing and accessories brand in Second Life specializing in fashionable male and female clothing, and fun bento holdable accessories and props. (secondlife.com)

Evidence1

• Previous studies had turned up some evidence that supernovae are capable of producing dust. (caltech.edu)